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Vancouver Making your way to Vancouver for the first time, or just looking to learn more about the city, whether you've been here or not? This section is full of what you need to get to know Vancouver> More

Henry and Alice: Into the Wild By Michele Riml The hilarious sequel to Sexy Laundry Those crazy kids from the Arts Club’s smash hit Sexy Laundry are back! And this time Henry and Alice are camping—sort of! Forced to examine their relationship in the tangle of the wilderness—including collapsing tents, uninvited guests, and their own particular style of alfresco “cuisin...
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From March 10 to May 25, 2012, view local birds like never before through displays and activities of bird specimens from our exclusive behind-the-scenes collections at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. Special programming will include hands-on activities with real bird specimens, birding activities and lessons, museum tours, puppet shows, scavenger hunts, crafts and more. Birding Bona...
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When rocks are sliced into thin sections - thinner than a human hair - they show some amazing colours under polarized light. This exhibit with beautiful close-up photographs will explore the little known world of rock thin sections. A stunning display for rock and art enthusiasts!

Starting this Easter weekend, Science World is hosting a collection of physics-inspired art. The art was created by students from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, and inspired by visits to TRIUMF, Canada's national lab for particle and nuclear physics. Works include a visual interpretation of a cloud chamber (which is a device that makes cosmic rays coming in from outer space visible to the ...
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Mexico Fest 2012 encompasses 11days of art exhibit, music, culinary celebration, a gala dinner, a golf tournament and the 5th edition of the Fiesta Mexico Independencia. This year's focus will be on the beautiful Banderas Bay and the preferred tourist destinations of Western Canadians: Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit. The Fiesta Mexico Independence will be on Saturday September 8th from 12:...
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Maraya is an art project that looks at the relationship between urban waterfronts in Vancouver and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Through photography, video, public art, public programmes and an interactive online platform, new forms of urban living pioneered in both countries are explored, showing how we are connected in ways that are both familiar and surprising. Maraya - from the Arabic ...
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Visitors will get a glimpse of Vancouver's big city lights of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s in this exhibition of the MOV's neon sign collection. The remarkable signs, some lit for the first time since they were rescued from the junk yard, are accompanied by the tale of how the city went through a war of aesthetics that resulted in a transition of the very way Vancouver imagines itself. In this ...
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Get ready for another season full of fun as Playland opens for the 2012 season! This year you'll get a full season of ATMOSFEAR as well as all your favourite rides like the classic wooden roller coaster, the Corkscrew, Revelation, Hellevator and Drop Zone. And don't miss all the midway games and your favourite foods like cotton candy and mini-donuts. If you don't have your season pass yet, visit ...
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The Exquisite Hour Apr 23 - May 5, 2012 A simple question doesn't always have a simple answer. This is the lesson learned on a late summer night in 1962 by confirmed bachelor Zachary Teale. Sweet like lemonade but cut with a kick of bourbon, The Exquisite Hour sees Zachary's life turned upside-down after meeting the mysterious and alluring Helen Darimont, leading him to question knowledge, imagin...
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For 15 years, Rogers Arena has been thrilling and entertaining fans. For 15 years, our Vancouver Canucks have battled on the ice in the race to capture the title of Stanley Cup Champions. For 15 years, we have staged the best entertainment the music industry has to offer. We have opened our doors and welcomed over 21 million people. We have even reveled in Olympic gold when the Canadian women's a...
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This exhibition documents the last remaining fluent speakers of the Haida language and explores the three remaining dialects found in Alaska, Old Massett and Skidegate through portraits taken by Vancouver-based photographer Farah Nosh over the last eight years and interviews with the last fluent speakers in these communities. These men and women (the youngest is now 65 years old) who grew up w...
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So what can you expect from Carrie's class? Expect the unexpected! In yoga we try to live without expectations. But basically in most of the classes I teach classic Hatha yoga with my own interpretations thrown in, and depending on your level and abilities I will guide you through both basic and more advanced postures with a combination of steady holding and dynamic motion. This will hopefully he...
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The Comedy Mix, Vancouver's newest comedy club, brings you PRO-AM TUESDAYS, an evening that features mainly amateurs and one or two select professional comics. Doors open 1 hour before showtime. Festival seating - come early for best seats! Tuesdays, Showtime @ 8:30 pm Tickets available online! For more information please visit http://www.thecomedymix.com/calendar-shows/

Carmen Aguirre’s Blue Box Produced by Nightswimming in association with Neworld Theatre “Aguirre is a hot tamale: passionate, at times very poetic, blunt and outspoken.” - Mondo Magazine Blue Box investigates Carmen Aguirre's remarkable life as an underground revolutionary in Chile. It's a story of terror, romance, fear and abandon that takes us from the dangerous mountain...
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Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture February 25 to June 3, 2012 Using hip hop and other forms of popular music and culture, this new generation of artists break with traditional representations of Aboriginal identity to create surprising new cultural hybrids-in painting, sculpture, installation, performance and video. Check out more info at http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca.

When two young boys get into a playground fight, their parents meet to discuss the incident in a civilized manner. But what begins as a calm and rational debate between grown-ups, soon degenerates into a hysterical evening of name-calling, tantrums and tears before bedtime. A West End and Broadway hit, God of Carnage is fast, furious and very, very funny. Fast, Furious and Very Funny Comedy ...
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